Where does “pixelator” come from?
pixelator (English) comes from English pixelate, from English pixel, from English pix, from English pictures, from English picture, from Middle English pycture, from Old French picture, from Latin pictūra — to hew, cut out; to stitch, embroider, sting; to...
pixelator (English): A machine, tool, or algorithm that blurs images or videos into pixels
Definitions
- A machine, tool, or algorithm that blurs images or videos into pixels
Ancestry of “pixelator”, step by step
pixelator traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English pixelate
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | pixelate | To divide an image into pixels, or to display an... |
| 2 | English | pixel | One of the tiny dots that make up the... |
| 3 | English | pix | 1946, “Palisades Notes”, in "The Billboard",... |
| 4 | English | pictures | plural of picture; API pl; cinema, movie theatre |
| 5 | English | picture | A representation of anything upon canvas, paper,... |
| 6 | Middle English | pycture | — |
| 7 | Old French | picture | — |
| 8 | Latin | pictūra | painting, the art of painting |
| 9 | Latin | pingō | to decorate, adorn, embellish |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | peyḱ- | to hew, cut out; to stitch, embroider, sting; to... |
via English ‐or
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ‐or | Creates an agent noun, often from a verb, indicating a person or object (often machines or parts of them) that do the verb or part of speech with which they are formed |
| 2 | Middle English | -our | — |
| 3 | Old French | -eor | Alternative form of -or |
| 4 | Latin | -ator | -ator, -er; second-person singular future passive... |
| 5 | Latin | -tor | -er |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -tōr | Forms agent nouns to verb stems |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -tor-s | — |